There is always plenty of live music to enjoy in Leek, whether it's as part of one of the town's yearly festivals, or a gig at Foxlowe Arts Centre or one of Leek's many brilliant pubs.

There's so much in fact, that it can often be hard to keep track of all the exciting gigs being planned for Leek and the surrounding area!

Have you ever thought to yourself, 'if only there was a handy guide to keep me up to date with all the live music coming to Leek each month'?

Well have no fear, because we can now bring you regular gig guides for Leek and the local area right here on Leek Nub News!

So without further ado, here is this month's gig guide giving you all the live music coming to the area over the next few weeks...

Many thanks to John Crimes from the "Keeping it Live! The Sound Of Leek: Gigs and Much More" Facebook group for compiling these guides!

And don't forget to check out our What's On section for all the latest events going on in Leek.

Friday 26th August

The Maude, Leek, 7.30pm - The Matt Cliffe Quartet

John Dhali at Foxlowe Arts Centre (physical album release), 7.30pm with Joel Gardner and Pearl Fish

The Winking Man, Upper Hulme Leek, 9pm: Rock Night with Damage

Saturday 27th August

The Greyhound Inn Warslow: 4th Annual Beer festival

1.00pm Rozel Twins

3.30pm Acoustic Anarchy

7.30pm Steve Giddings and Friends, Andy Dale, Duncan Hansell, John Crimes

The Congleton Jazz & Blues Festival

Sunday 28th August

The Red Lion, Leek, 2pm: The Howlin' Walfords

Foxlowe Arts Centre, Leek, 3pm: The Situation's August Thing featuring IO, TV Face, Fractured Silence, Lessens, Dog Train, Seconds to Go and more

The Greyhound Inn Warslow: 4th Annual Beer festival

1.00pm: Shaun Walker

8.30pm: Mr Brightside

The Cock Inn, Leek, 4pm: Steve Giddings

Congleton Jazz and Blues Festival

No1 Health Kitchen, Congleton, 4pm: Kim Harrison

The Cygnet Club, Congleton, 9pm: Acoustic Anarchy

Brough Park, Leek, 2pm: Biddulph Ukelele Band

Tuesday 30th August

Choose Days at The Glebe, Stoke, 9pm: Helen Walford with Luke Hodgkins and Toby Wilson

St Lawrence's Church, Biddulph, 7.30pm: Andrew Combs

Friday 2nd September

The Roebuck, Leek, 8.30pm: Acoustic Anarchy

Saturday 3rd September

Wood Farm, Alton, Twitchy Twister Festival, 4pm: Helen Walford and Steve Giddings

The Cock Inn, Leek, 9pm: Well Travelled

The Silk Mill, Leek, 8.30pm: Tumbling Dice

Alstonfield Village Hall, 8pm: Chris and Kellie While

Sunday 4th September

Leek Town Centre, 10am - 3pm: Sunday Supplement Music

The Cock Inn, Leek, 4pm: SM-55

Tuesday 6th September

The Glebe, Stoke, 9pm: Bad Soul Buskers

Friday 9th September

The Maude, Leek, 7pm: Nixon Tate, Gregory S Davies and Cloud Solomon

The Old Mill Smoke House, Leek, 8.30pm: SM-55

Sunday 11th September

The Cock Inn, Leek, 4pm: The Pluckers

Tuesday 13th September

The Glebe, Stoke, 9pm: Reefy Blunt and the Biftas

Saturday 18th September

The Cock Inn, Leek, 9pm: Route 66

Tuesday 20th September

The Glebe, Stoke, 9pm: Captain Stingray's Groove Machine

Friday 23rd September

Alstonefield Village Hall, 8pm: Fire and Dust - The Woody Guthrie Story

Tuesday 27th September

The Glebe, Stoke, 9pm: Set in Stone

Wednesday 28th September to Sunday 2nd October

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